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Old 04-17-10, 11:24 PM
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clean sound setup bud! nice
Old 04-17-10, 11:33 PM
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Originally Posted by mxis350
That look super nice. But how do you get to your spare tire?? Is everything quickly removable in emergencies??

Do you have the ML system?? If you do, how does it sound with movies??
thanks guys for the compliments

to answer this real quick.

the sub enclosuyre doesnt come anywhere near the second part of the floor where it folds up to reveal the spare tire. if you go to the trunk, measure about 7.5" or so from the very front, thats where the current subbox comes out to
Old 04-18-10, 12:09 AM
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Originally Posted by Temptation
+1 for Bing, the guy has some mad skills and excellent installer. I drove my car from San Diego to San Jose just to have him installed the full sound system.

To the OP, clean installation and great choice of selecting the ID for sub. Believe me, your system would sound much much better had you replaced the OEM headunit for an aftermarket one.
we have to custom wire headunit's either in the glove box, or where the oem cd changer is, and then mount the oem changer in the blove box. only clean after market is the fly audio unit, which in turn is another 2k.
Old 04-18-10, 08:17 AM
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Looks really good!!
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very good, nice and clean install
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very nice set up
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looking good.
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Originally Posted by n0th1ng
damn.. it looks clean!!! Good jOB
how long did the install take??
Thanks! I dropped by car off Sunday night, picked it up Saturday morning, so 5 full days.

Originally Posted by nmpeter
Looks good bro, I want to do my subs setup like you in the back of the trunk. I wish I had a sunshade
Haha, I think I've used the sunshade maybe once. You're not missing out on too much.

Originally Posted by tmf2004
very nice and professional
Thanks.

Originally Posted by FnlPhazeIS
very nice...i like how you designed it without eating up all your trunk space...the piece in the armrest looks clean...
Ya, when I show people my trunk with the stealth cover on they have no idea it's there, which is the idea. Yeah, that armrest thing was a total surprise from my installer, but I love it.

Originally Posted by Secksee
wow skills
I know, right? Bing is a miracle worker.

Originally Posted by quang
very very impressive!!
Thanks.
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Sickness...
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Originally Posted by Temptation
+1 for Bing, the guy has some mad skills and excellent installer. I drove my car from San Diego to San Jose just to have him installed the full sound system.

To the OP, clean installation and great choice of selecting the ID for sub. Believe me, your system would sound much much better had you replaced the OEM headunit for an aftermarket one.
Ah, you're the one! Which car is yours?

Yeah, Bing definitely tried to point me in the direction of a full install. I was already pretty happy with the OEM Mark Levinson system quality-wise, and figured as long as I wasn't throwing in a 13w7 or something, my subwoofer setup wouldn't overwhelm my stock speakers. I also wanted to keep that stock feel with the OEM headunit, despite the pesky 35 HZ subsonic filter. Also didn't like the idea of kick panels or molded tweeters when I already have a tweeter pod stock. I'm sure after hearing a few more of Bing's cars with a full install I'll change my mind though.

Originally Posted by ernestfyu
thats a nice custom fit. so flush
Thanks, I definitely wanted that clean look.

Originally Posted by JoshIS408
Looks Clean. Not bad for 2k
Thanks, definitely my favorite mod so far.

Originally Posted by masagsxr
Wow.... Props for a good job...
Thanks.

Originally Posted by bnizzle87
install looks great. nice work dude!
The only work I did was find Bing.
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Originally Posted by mxis350
That look super nice. But how do you get to your spare tire?? Is everything quickly removable in emergencies??

Do you have the ML system?? If you do, how does it sound with movies??
Bing already answered this, but yeah, it's no problem at all. The only "compromise" I had to make with this setup was losing the pass-through, which I rarely use anyway. I'll be damned if I put dirty skis or a snowboard in my car.

Yes, I have ML, but haven't had a chance to listen to a movie yet. Transformers is in my DVD changer so maybe I'll try it today.

Originally Posted by suka4thong
bing does come awsome quality work.
Yeah, he really is the man.

Originally Posted by quang
very very impressive!!
Thanks.

Originally Posted by Initial G
Mad props for the clean install. Everything looks great. Bet it sounds amazing.
Thanks. I'm very happy with the results. My friend, who's obsessed with "slap" (she's from Hayward for you NorCal folks) approves, so that means it hits plenty hard.

Originally Posted by kbh
clean sound setup bud! nice
Thanks!

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Originally Posted by Mv350
we have to custom wire headunit's either in the glove box, or where the oem cd changer is, and then mount the oem changer in the blove box. only clean after market is the fly audio unit, which in turn is another 2k.
This makes me feel better. I wouldn't want to go through all that. Although I think Bing was talking about an audio processor that might be less intrusive/cumbersome.

Originally Posted by PaPaHoFF
Looks really good!!
Originally Posted by sakataj
very good, nice and clean install
Originally Posted by DLam
very nice set up
Originally Posted by new.era.13
looking good.
Originally Posted by dangy
Sickness...
^^^^^ Thanks guys.

For anyone in NorCal who wants to check my car out in person, I'll be showing it at the Yerba Buena HS Show on 5/8: https://www.clublexus.com/forums/nor...ol-sports.html. And I'll be at BOS6 as well on 6/12: https://www.clublexus.com/forums/nor...mmer-meet.html
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very nice...look sick!!!
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Looks amazing Brian! Great deal too
Old 04-18-10, 06:29 PM
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Wow that came out good. Nice job. I would like to do that but I need middle of the seat the piece that links the trunk to the interior.


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